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Covid-19: Jersey £100 voucher scheme sees £2.5m spent on food and bills

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The Government of Jersey scheme saw more than £10m spent in local businesses

More than £2.5m of the £100 vouchers given to Jersey residents to help the economy was spent on food and bills.

About £2.2m of this was spent in supermarkets and other food businesses, while nearly £350,000 went on utilities and waste charges, according to Government of Jersey figures.

The Spend Local scheme launched in September and saw more than £10m spent.

The voucher was taken up by nearly 98% of the island as part of the government's Covid-19 recovery plans.

The sectors which benefitted the most from the scheme were:

  • £4.1m in wholesale and retail businesses
  • £2.2m in supermarkets, fast food and food retail
  • £1.5m in hotels, restaurants and bars
  • £510,000 on health, education and other services
  • £350,000 on utilities and waste

The final £1.4m was spent in a variety of industries ranging from agriculture and fishing, transport and storage, and construction and quarrying.

Government of Jersey Map of businesses where voucher was spentGovernment of Jersey
Locations and concentrations of businesses where the £100 was spent

More than 350,000 individual transactions at business across Jersey between 9 September and 31 October used the pre-paid card given to residents, the government said.

The scheme could only be used at local business with online purchases, savings and gambling not permitted.